- Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) said two studies showed genetic susceptibility to obesity involves changes in entire networks of genes, not just mutations in several specific genes.Visit here for more.
- First study to show that microRNAs may also play a role in synaptic plasticity and the modulation of translation.Michael Greenberg's group at Harvard Medical School and Austrian colleagues hypothesized that microRNAs are involved in the regulation of protein synthesis in neuronal dendrites. To test this, they overexpressed a hippocampal microRNA, miR-134, and found that it reduced the size of dendritic spines by inhibiting a protein kinase that induces spine development.Read the paper here.
microRNAs play an important role in limb(fin) regeneration.
When the zebrafish is injured, the level of microRNA miR-133 drops and regeneration begins. In uninjured zebrafish, the level of this microRNA is quite high. This research was performed by researchers at Duke University and will feature in the 15th March issue of Genes & Development.
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Developmental Biology of the Sea Urchin XVIII
April 23-26, 2008
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
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One day conference on sleep regulation and role of gene susceptibility in sleep disorders.
Jun 20, 2008 • 8:30 AM - 7:30 PM
The New York Academy of Sciences, 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich St. at Barclay St., 40th fl.
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